Thread: Polishing Compound

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Interesting thought,
but if the goal is to make a "honing compound wax block" from a hone's slurry; then why would you want to use/make a block of wax to hone on, when you can just hone on the block (hone) that you are taking the slurry from??

Not sure you grasped my meaning...Polishing compound not honing compound.

I happen to have a lot of dust from a particular slate stone, which i was researching what to do with it.

I've never had polishing compound before, is the block you rub on a buffing wheel like a soft wax with the little particles embedded inside?

OH! That Hirlau sidetracked me again! Yes, what you describe is polishing compound. Still, I think you would need a great quantity of slurry to make one?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

OH! That Hirlau sidetracked me again! Yes, what you describe is polishing compound. Still, I think you would need a great quantity of slurry to make one?

This is kind of what I'm thinking. the stone to wax ratio would have to be pretty high. But I guess if you have a crap load of stone dust...

Originally Posted by 111Nathaniel

Not sure you grasped my meaning...Polishing compound not honing compound.

I happen to have a lot of dust from a particular slate stone, which i was researching what to do with it.

I've never had polishing compound before, is the block you rub on a buffing wheel like a soft wax with the little particles embedded inside?

Oh,, got ya now, sorry,,,,carry on....